Carlos III of Spain

Carlos III of Spain (20 January 1716-14 December 1788) was the king of Spain (1759-1788), King of Naples (1734-1759), and Duke of Parma (1731-1734). He was a proponent of the Enlightenment Era and attempted to reform the collapsing Kingdom of Spain while also acting as ruler of the Kingdom of Naples and the Duchy of Parma. He fought Britain in the American Revolutionary War in the Great Siege of Gibraltar of 1782, and although he lost the battle and many other naval clashes, he gained British West Florida and some of their Caribbean territories.